The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-27
CITY MATTERS In GENERAL.
In Brief

There thirty six deaths and forty births in the
city last week.
Articles of association have been filed with the Sec.
rotary of State by company to bore for natural gas
at Fortville
STRIKE OF PRINTERS.
The compositors in the non-union plate establish.
ment South street have struck for raise in the
price of composition from 20 to rs cents The
pany has advertised for lady compositors to take their
places.
ooNTz-PLAYERs DISTURBED.
Sergeant Whestly yesterday morning arrested three
chronc oontz players in the Of the Grand Opera
house They were Edward Schrick James Shelton
apd Charles Wineley. They have all been arrested
several times for the same ohense.
DECLARED INSANE.
Harry Beckwith, of Nordyke & Marmons most
sfcient mechanics married and living at 63 Ann
greet, declared insane yesterday. He recently
Aad some money losses that preyed upon his mind.
Two weeks ago he began to show signs of mental
weakness
A NEW PERIODICAL.
The Taller, edited by Margaret Holmes, whose
chamber Over the Gate" has met with marked
CESS, is to appear Saturday weekly in large
book form. Among the interesting articles to appear
In 1t IS story First Impressions by the editor.
A NARROW ESCAPE.
Yesterday forenoon John Everett, aged sixteen,
aiding at % Fletcher avenue standing between
3wo of train the Union tracks, at the Ala
aama-street crossing when the train started He
nas severely injured about tho head and face. He
aved his life by catching on to the couplings
THE MARKET-HoUsE STALLS
The Council market and building committee met
yesterday afternoon and made arrangements for the
selling at aucto.. of the market house stalls April
2. Before the building can be occupied matters
relating thereto will have to come before the Council
and to aviod delay special meeting of that body has
been called for Monday evening.
THE NEwsBoYs' HOME.
The speakers at the anniversary exercises of the
Newsboys' and Bootblacks' Home, at the First Bap
list Church tonight, will be Gen. Ben Harrison,
Mayor Denny, the Rev J. A. Rondthaler E. W. Hal
ford and c. F. Jacobs. Miss Mollie G. Hay will read
report of the years work, and the exercises will be
interspersed with choice musical selections.
TOO MUCH CHLoRAL AND LAUDANUM.
Yesterday afternoon s. NJ. Hoover, boarding at 81
East Ohio street. swallowed four of choral and
afterwards took overdose of laudanu'n. He had
escape from death. His relatives and friends
Hoover has for time been addicted to the of
okAtss, and they claim that he took too large dose
oil sAo iaudanum by mistake.
THE HOWARD INVESTIGATION
The Attorney-general has furnished to the prose
snting attorney of Clark county large amount OF
evidence concerning exWarden Jack Howard and
others. The grand jury of that county will meet
morrow, and the prosecutor promises to make
thorough investigation of prison matters. There is
little doubt if the grand jury is what it should be
that Howard will be indicted.
NEW ART CLUB.
A new club has been formed called the Art Work
ers Club the object of whichs give young and
boys who have actual artistic talent an opportunity
20 study from ife The club consists of members
With Dr. L. W. Comstock as president and Theodore
g. Steele as instructor. The rooms of the club
fhe third floor Of the Sentinel Block. Circle street
No pupils taken who do not show talent in some
lne OF artistic work.
THE ALLEGED B1GAMIsT IN JAIL.
Charles L. Bowers, who married Miss Hawkins, of
shs city under the of Brown, and recently
sloped with Mrs. Artie Holman to Louisville, where
they married. is in Jail in that city He was
arrested in Cincinnati through the energy of Miss
Hawkins. but his lawyers day before yesterday Sc
cured his release writ of habeas corpus. The
u3isye oheer h no. induced nm to 60 over to
said to be his right name. He came from Hillsboro,
nd
THE BRIGHTwooD WELL.
Men of geological information say that the course
OF Trenton rock is five miles WIDE running northeast
- and southwest. and that the well being bored at
Briehtwood is inside that limit. After dinner on
FRIDAY the first strike was made. Although the
machinery is new, every thing works admirably. At
the depth Of eighteen feet huge bowlder found,
Quicksand 1t is expected that by next Saturday
something definite as to the gas prospect may be
reached.
THE coLFAX MONUMENT.
special Council committee visited University Park and
unanimously agreed that the best place there for the
statue is southwest of the music stand The statue
win be set facing Meridian-street NJ f. Church. An
IRON fence will be erected around it. and the out
side walk of sawed stone viii be placed. The con-
tract for the base was awarded to Arthur A. AcKain
the MASSACHUSETTS avenue granite dealer and he will
bsgi3 work on it immediately. In height and size it
ton statue rests
DAsTARD's CRIME
John Gray foreman of the live stock department at
Kingan's penthouse. has a daughter Julia seven
pears Of age Yesterday the girl playing with q
smaller sister j. A. Lambert's drug store, corner
Of Bright and New York streets, when young man
asked her to sho@ him the way to Michigan street.
company him, on the plea that he might not find
se street new after doll a. she Moud DO DO Day
She went with him to the corner Of Blake
and Michigan. She then turned back but the repro
bate, telling her be would buy her shoes candies
and nuts enticed her the woodsanear White river
There he attempted to assault the child The screams
across the river and the 6end, seeing danger ahead,
Fan away. The police have secured good description
of the fellow from the GIRL and positive they know
who he is
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS.
The steady andvance in real estate has prompted
people who have salable property to hold for still
better prices, and consequence the market wa.
not as active last week it had been for time
All the property sold brou ,ht good prices but there
we're but few notable transactions. During the weel
there were eighty transfers, involving $110,
OOe. So VIM. s. Hubbard sold 2O4 feet Secont
street and 100 feet on North Meridian street to DR.
o. s. Runnels for $4,000. benjamin
Musgrave, of vgo county, sold to J. Jackson of Els
worth county. Kansas, 67la feet front. Tennessee
street, by 97ls feet deep, Michigan street. 70
$4,000. John Hoge, of Muskingum county, Ohio
has, for his business purposes, purchased o
Daniel Mohnnger block on Maryland strcet hetwee
1lLois and Tennessee streets for SO OOO and Natha
Elliott has sold Gustav A. Schnu his residence
Michigan street, between Meridian and Pennsylvania
for So $50. For the coming week there is prospec
for some large DEALS
WILL ENGLISH AND THE ELKS
state,nent Dersistant1v made nv the Cinciy